Necktie.



H. N. LEINKRAM.

NEGKTIE.

APPLIGATION FILED 111:0. 2, 1912.

1 4a Patented July 22, 1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HARRY N. LEINKR-AM, OF NEW YORK, N.' Y.

NECKTIE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1913.

Application filed December 2, 1912. Serial No. 734,466.

To all 'whom t may concern:

lie it known that I, HARRY N. LEINKRAM, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, borough of- Manhattan,

' in the county of NewYork and State of New necktie comprising strands of fibrous material and strands of metal knitted in a single piece.

ln carrying out my invention lknit or weave a portion of the tie vof fibrous strands, such as the neck-band thereof, and on one or both extensions of the necktie from such neck-band l knit or weave alternating sec dll tions of fibrous strands and metallic strands, comprising a section of metallic strand interconnected with said fibrous strand, and then ll knit or weave a section of fibrous strand interconnected with said metallic strand, and so on, section byl section, to the end of the necktie, forming consecutive or alternating interconnected sections of tibrous strand and sections of metallic strand, each of any desired depth. f The fibrous strand is preferably continuousthroughout, and the metallic strand also preferably continuous throughout. ln the tubular form of the necktie l Vhave illustrated in 'the accompanying drawings, the fibrous strand of one section is continued through the section formed. by the metallic strand, and, likewise, the metallic strand is continued through the section formed by the brou's strand, whereby when the end portion ofa section of one material is reached, and the section of another material is to be started, the desired strand is knitted or woven without interruption. My invention also comprises novel details of improvement more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings forming part hereof, wherein, lligure l is a face View of a portion of a necktie embodying my invention; llig. 2 is a sedtion, enlarged, on the line 2, 2, in Eig. l; and lfig. 2 is an enlarged detail section on the line 2, 2a, in llig. l.

The nerksband portion l of the necktie, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, may he knitted or woven in any suitable or wellknown manner of fibrous strand, such as silk, terminating at any suitable point, such as at 2, and 3 indicates a knitted section comprising metallic strand, which joins with the strand of section 2 in the usual manner of connecting rows of knitting.

At 4 is a section of the tie` formed of fibrous strand, which is joined to the lower row of the metallic strand of section 3 in the manner of connecting rows of knitting, and at 5 is indicated a section of metallic strand oined to the lower row of the strand of section 4 inthe manner described, and so on, there being any desired number of sections of any desired depth, alternate sections being knitted of fibrous and metallic strands. When a section, such as 2, has been knitted of the desired depth, the strand is dropped and then the metallic strand is' knitted in forming a section of desired depth, such as 3, and then the metallic strand is dropped and the said fibrous strand is again taken up and knitted to connect with the lower rowof the metallic section 3 to produce a section of the desired depth, and then such fibrous strand is dropped and said metallic strand is picked up and `then knitted in with the lower row of the fibrous section 4, and then such metallic strand is dropped when the section 5 of the desired depth is produced, and so on, the fibrous strand and'metallic strand being alternately picked up and dropped as required to produce the knitted and joined alternating sections of the tie.

The free portion of the fibrous strand is indicated, at 2a, as passing through the adjacent metallic section 3, and the metallic strand is indicated at 3a as passing through the adjacent fibrous section, whereby continuous strands may be used for producing the alternate fibrous and metallic sections of the necktie, but the stitches or loops of the metallic knitted courses are not knitted or mixed in with the knitted stitches or loops of the courses of the fibrous strands, whereby the fibrous, and metallic courses are separate and independentof each other, so that the different colored strands are not mixed where one course engages another course.

Ils shown in llig. 2, the necktie is knitted in tubular form and may be Hattened out in a usualmanner, with the strands 2a, il passing loosely within the tubular nccktie alternately from section to section.

.t necldie made in accordance with my in- `relation has a novel contrasting appearance between fibrous and metallic sections, and as the sections of varying colors, such as blue silk for one section and gold or silver for another section, are connected together by the knitting at the edges of the sections, a harmonious and unique effect is produced, and as suchsections may be of varying depths a necktie may be produced having a rich and pleasing effect.

By means of my improvements the strength and durability of knitted neckties are increased and the necktie is less liable to undue stretching and tearing than Where the entire necktie is formed from fibrous strands, and the construction aids in keeping the necktie in proper form when in position.

Having now described my invent-ion what I claim is l. A necktie having alternate sections each section respectivelyr composed Wholly of fibrous and metallic strands, the edges of the fibrous strand sections beingl united to the edges of the adjacent metallic sections.

2. A necktie having a neck-band of fibrous strand, and portions depending from opposite sides of the neck-band comprising alternate sections each section respectively composed Wholly of metallic and brous strands, the metallic strand sections being connected at their edges to the fibrous section next adjacent thereto on opposite sides.

3. A necktie comprising a neck-band and end portions depending therefrom knitted in a tubular piece, the end portions having tubular sections .each section respectively composed Wholly of fibrous and metallic strands, the edges of the fibrous strand sections being knitted to the edges of the metallic strand sect-ions. v

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 30th day of November A. D. 1912.

HARRY N. LEINKRAM.

Witnesses:

LOUIS J. ERSAINTZ, T. F. Bomann. 

